File Records:Avoca

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Staircase Avoca Craigieburn
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Staircase--Avoca Avoca--Craigieburn
9.8km 7.7km

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Name Alternative Name 1 Alternative Name 2 Alternative Name 3 Date Details Railway Railway 2 Reference Source Locality Island Sequence
Avoca - - - 27/8/1906 Siding for Avoca Run – plan and estimate. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line W 3 PWD Canterbury S 2691
Avoca - - - 21/11/1907 Coal pit at Avoca – reporting mine closed down. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line W 3 PWD Canterbury S 2692
Avoca - - - 31/8/1908 Avoca station is at 15 miles 40 chains – forwarding plan. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line W 3 PWD Canterbury S 2693
Avoca - - - 13/9/1910 Accommodation required at Avoca station. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line W 3 PWD Canterbury S 2694
Avoca - - - 28/12/1917 Improvements to station. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line W3734/34 WRD Canterbury S 2695
Avoca - - - 4/1956 1 State house for Railways Department completed. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line SAC1, 35/260 SAC Canterbury S 2696
Avoca - - - 2/10/1960 Mileage 45 miles 42 chains from Rolleston. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 2697
Avoca - - - 2/10/1967 Avoca station building burned down by a fire started by locomotive KB 968. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line JRS/337 Natlib Canterbury S 2698
Avoca - - - 2/10/1967 Shelter shed built in 1911. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line W2382, 039 WRD Canterbury S 2699
Avoca - - - 30/10/1967 Station shelter at Otaio to be placed at Avoca. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line W2382, 039 WRD Canterbury S 2700
Avoca - - - 10/4/1978 Station building, siding, and stockyards. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line W2559, 505/4/2 WRD Canterbury S 2701
Avoca - - - 10/12/1986 Closed to all traffic. Midland Railway Rolleston – Arthur's Pass Line 00/2107/1 NZRLS Canterbury S 2702